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enHissing And Sighing: The Lament Of Sex Workers In Sierra Leonehttp://nhpr.org/post/hissing-and-sighing-lament-sex-workers-sierra-leone
When a man drives by the strip at Lumley Beach in downtown Freetown at night, he'll probably hear a sharp hiss. That's not an unusual sound in Sierra Leone. People hiss instead of whistling — to get your attention, to call for the bill at a restaurant, to buy a bottle of water on the street.<p>But the hissing along a stretch of beachfront road at Lumley Beach has a different purpose. It's the sound prostitutes make, and they've perfected the hiss. That's why they're called serpents.<p>Transactional sex isn't unusual in Sierra Leone. Economic opportunities are slim and slimmer.Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:02:00 +0000Graham Smith59301 at http://nhpr.orgHissing And Sighing: The Lament Of Sex Workers In Sierra LeoneThomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Sciencehttp://nhpr.org/post/thomas-jeffersons-vegetable-garden-thing-beauty-and-science
When you listen to <em>All Things Considered</em> host <a href="http://www.npr.org/people/134002977/melissa-block">Melissa Block</a>'s story about Thomas Jefferson's garden, you'll hear how he cared about putting peas on the table and sharing seeds with his friends. He also set loftier goals for his vegetable garden: Monticello's south-facing expanse was a living laboratory for a lifelong tinkerer and almost obsessive record keeper.Thu, 10 May 2012 19:32:00 +0000Graham Smith4572 at http://nhpr.orgThomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science